Tag Archives: October

“October,” Alfons Mucha, 1898

From  Les Douze Mois (The 12 Months), published in Cocorico magazine.

“Night Shadows,” Edward Hopper, 1922

Etching.  From the October 1922 issue of Shadowland.

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It’s pumpkin season in Roanoke, Virginia.

October 2018.

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Pumpkins for sale in Roanoke, VA, October 2017

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Ch Ch Ch, Ah Ah Ah!

Happy Friday the 13th!!  (True to the folklore, I overslept two hours this morning.)

I hope that you all are having a fun and machete-free day.  Except for my one friend who actually OWNS a machete and likes to remind us all from time to time.  (Don’t ask.)

 

Krazny Oktyaber

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Pete Harrison recommends 10 horror movies for Halloween!!!

Among the many unique Internet resources for horror fans, the best just might be blog correspondent Pete Harrison. Pete’s got an encyclopedic knowledge of horror, whether it’s films, books, comics, classic short stories, or even vintage radio broadcasts.  The guy’s priceless.

Pete regularly swaps tips online about the best movies to watch — including fright flicks that are older or more obscure.  So he’s the ideal candidate for suggestions about Halloween viewing.  I asked Pete to name ten great fright flicks for October, and the list below is what he recommends.

I love that he’s included 1973’s made-for-tv movie, “A Cold Night’s Death.”  You’ve probably never heard of it.  But I know it.  It was one of the features that my “movie uncle,” Uncle John, screened for me back in the pre-Internet days of VHS — when hard-to-find thinking-man’s horror films were even harder to find.  It’ll get under your skin.  If it’s any indication of quality of the rest of the films that Pete has listed here, then this is advice for some damned fun late-night viewing.

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From Pete Harrison:

Per your request, SIR!!!!! There’s a million more!

TEN HORROR MOVIES I DEARLY LOVE, NO PARTICULAR ORDER!

1) JOHN CARPENTER’S “PRINCE OF DARKNESS” (ALL TIME CLASSIC!)
2) “RITUALS” (HAL HOLBROOK)
3) STEPHEN KING’S “THE NIGHT FLIER” (WAY BETTER THAN ANYONE THINKS)
4) “SHOCK WAVES” (NAZI ZOMBIES! PETER CUSHING!)
5) “A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH” (1973 TELEFILM)
6) “THE INNOCENTS” (OOZES WITH GOTHIC DREAD)
7) “THE SENTINEL” (1977)
8) “NIGHT GALLERY” (1969 TV PILOT- PORTIFOY? PORTIFOY!!!!!!!!!!)
9) “DEAD AND BURIED” (HELLUVA TWIST ENDING!)
10) “THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA” (SPIES, VAMPIRE BRIDES, PLAGUE, KITCHEN SINK!!!!!!)

Thanks, Pete!

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Have “gazongas” and “sweater kittens” escaped the modern parlance?!

Oh, well.  Orwell’s “1984” did observe that “it was a beautiful thing, the destruction of language.”

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  The National Breast Cancer Foundation has two lists of healthcare providers who offer free or low-cost breast cancer screenings.  One is for their partners:

http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/national-mammography-program

And one is for other national or local referral services or programs:

http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/about-breast-cancer/early-detection/early-detection-resources

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